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n play it fortissimo. What's the good of my working two hours with a pupil to get it down fine when you upset everything by playing it in this tumultuous way?" To which Mr. MacDowell answered: "Did I mark that pianissimo? When I got ready to play it I could n't remember whether it was pianissimo or fortissimo, and I said, 'March Wind,' 'March Wind,' that must be very loud and roaring; and so I played it fortissimo." But however this may be, it can be said of Mr. MacDowell that he has illustrated his talents as a composer in a wide variety of styles, and always in a delicate and finished manner. He is, therefore, a composer to be treated seriously, and to be looked up to as a master, with an expectation of even more beautiful and satisfactory works still to follow. PROGRAM. I. First Suite. Opus 10. Praeludium. Presto. Andantino and Allegretto. Intermezzo. Rhapsodie. Fugue. 2. Woodland Sketches. "To a Wild Rose." "Will o' the Wisp." "At an Old Trysting Place." "In Autumn." "From an Indian Lodge." "To a Water Lily." "From 'Uncle Remus'." "A Deserted Farm." "By a Meadow Brook." "Told at Sunset." 3. Two Songs from Opus 33. "Cradle Hymn." "Idyll." 4. Selections from Opus 39. "Romance." "Arabeske." "In the Forest." "Idylle." "Shadow Dance." "Witches' Dance." Opus 17, No. 2. 5. Eight Songs. Opus 47. "The Robin Sings in the Apple-tree." "Midsummer Lullaby." "Folk-song." "Confidence." "The West Wind Croons in the Cedar Trees." "In the Woods." "The Sea." "Through the Meadow." 6. Sonata, "Eroica." Opus 30. CHAPTER VIII. ARTHUR FOOTE AND MRS. H. H. A. BEACH. There is nothing especial in common between the composers here mentioned that they should be put together in one program, excepting the fact that they both live in Boston; nor, on the other hand, is there anything especially contrasting between them. For this reason I think it better to give the selections of the different composers separately, leaving the superintendent of the concert to arrange the program of selections in any order most pleasing to him. ARTHUR FOOTE. Arthur Foote
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